(2-12-17) Pocahontas Area’s (Iowa) Elle Ruffridge is this week’s SSN National Girls Basketball Player of the Week.

The 5-foot-4 senior guard scored 31 points in a 73-44 win over Manson-Northwest Webster to reach 2,774 points and pass Deb Remmerde’s (1999-2003 at Rock Valley.) record of 2,756 points to become Iowa’s All-Time Career scoring leader.

Ruffridge will continue her education and basketball career at Missouri State next season.